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19 Jan 2022
14 years of experience
Oncology
Missed Lung Mass
During workup for an orthopedic surgery a routine chest xray was performed. A lung mass was noted by the radiologist, but missed by orthopedics/anesthesia who were performing the patients surgery/sedation. Over a decade later, that patient presented to the emergency department with respiratory symptoms and was found to have metastatic lung cancer originating from that nodule.
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